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Laboratory Information for Chemical Emergencies
NOTE: the following is a list of lab resources related specifically to chemical emergencies. For other lab resources, please see the Emergency Preparedness and Response: Laboratory Information page.
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Flowchart: Chemical Terrorism Event Specimen Collection (CT Collection Guidelines Version 11.06)
This is a one-page document containing directions and visual representations for use in collecting blood and urine specimens from potentially exposed individuals. -
MMWR: Public Health Contacts for Lab Testing To Confirm Exposure During a Potential or Known Chemical Terrorism Event
MMWR 14 Jan 2005;54(RR01):25. - Chemical Agents: Shipping Instructions for Specimens Collected From People Who May Have Been Exposed to Chemical-Terrorism Agents (112 KB/7 pages) (CSH Guidelines Version 10.07)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Shipping Instructions for Specimens Collected from People Who May Have Been Exposed to Chemical-Terrorism Agents"
- Chemical Agents: Instructions for Shipping Blood Specimens to CDC after a Chemical Event (643 KB/1 page) (CT Blood Shipping Pictorial Version 5.08)
This is a one-page document containing photographs, and related text, of the required steps necessary for packaging and shipping blood specimens to CDC. - Chemical Agents: Chemical Terrorism Blood Specimen Collection and Shipping Manifest (69 KB/2 pages)
- Chemical Agents: Instructions for Shipping Urine Specimens to CDC after a Chemical Event (484 KB/2 pages) (CT Urine Shipping Pictorial Version 5.08)
This is a one-page document containing photographs, and related text, of the required steps necessary for packaging and shipping urine specimens to CDC. - Chemical Agents: Chemical Terrorism Urine Specimen Collection and Shipping Manifest (15 KB/2 pages)
- CDC's Lab Response to Suspicious Substances
Explains how federal, state, & local agencies respond to threatening letters & how labs play a role in detection & response. -
CDC Laboratory Response Network (LRN) website
Overview of the LRN, an integrated network of state & local public health, federal, military, & international labs that can respond to both bioterrorism & chemical terrorism.
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